Reading Rocks at Vaughan- 2009-2010
LITERACY NEWS:
Congratulations are in order for several students demonstrating excellent
reading and comprehension skills. Gabriella Hinks was recognized today on
the Vaughan morning news as top reader in our class! Ryan Galka, Montse
Rosas, Zachary Ziegler and Colin McCarthy all received Reading Bucks for most
improved reading or quality summaries. Madeline LeZotte was awarded with 2
class dollars for completing new Book Adventure tests. Congratulations
kids! Keep up the great work!
On the down side, a lot of reading logs have been coming back to me with
minimal pages read. Some reading logs aren’t even being turned in! Please
make sure that your child is reading throughout the week and writing quality
summaries and pages read on their log. Please take the time to sign off on
their reading log every Thursday night, as it is due every Friday morning.
We do have incentives going on in the classroom. For every Book Adventure
test that your child takes, he/she will receive $1 class money.
www.bookadventure.com is a great website for the kids to work on. Not only
does it have the reading comprehension tests and book finder, but it also has
games that they can play and prizes that they can send away for. If you have
not logged onto Book Adventure with your child and have misplaced their login
id, please let me know. I can give you the information to set them up. We
also award 3 students per week with Reading Bucks that they can use in the
school store. The determining factors of who receives the Reading Buck is
based upon number of pages read, improvement made, and quality summaries.
Please take the time over the Thanksgiving break to make sure that your child
is doing his or her required reading. I gave them all a challenge to read
150 pages or more during the break. Every child who meets this challenge
will be rewarded with a surprise when we return back to school.
Each child made a goal a few weeks ago. Whoever achieves their goal of pages
read for the 2nd 9 weeks will take part in an ice cream party. If a child
does not attain their goal, he/she will lose out on a fun time. I would hate
for that to happen & so would the child!
I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your time off & happy
reading!
Sincerely,
Amy Vitelli
amynzach@yahoo.com
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Genre Descriptions
Autobiography- The story of a real persons life that is written by that
person.
Biography- The story of a real persons life that is written by another
person.
Realistic Fiction- A story using made-up characters that takes place in
modern times
Science Fiction- A story that blends futuristic technology with scientific
fact and fiction
Historical Fiction- A fictional story with real and invented characters that
takes place during a historical time.
Mystery- A suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until
the end of the story
Fantasy- A story including elements that are impossible such as talking
animals or magical powers
Folktale- A story, often with a message, that was initially passed on by word
of mouth. (Fairy tales and legends can be read with this genre.)
Play- A story for stage performance by actors.
Poetry-An arrangement of words, a rhythmical composition, sometimes rhymed,
in a style more imaginative than ordinary speech.
Informational- Texts that give us information about history, science,
language or other subjects
Need to know if your book is an AR book?
Go to Vaughan's AR site and check it out!
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~vaughan/AR/AR_Lists_with_Levels_page.htm
